Starter quiz
- Which word describes Indian sailors and soldiers who migrated to Britain?
- 'lascars' ✓
- Why did some Britons migrate to India in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?
- India offered exposure to diseases.
- India offered a sense of adventure. ✓
- India offered economic and social advancement. ✓
- India offered political unrest.
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- Where did Britons settle in India?
- palaces
- ports ✓
- countryside ✓
- desert
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- Complete the sentence: ______ labourers from India moved to Kenya to build railways.
- 'Indentured' ✓
- Where did Indian sailors and soldiers often settle in Britain during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
- Portsmouth
- Manchester
- London ✓
- Liverpool ✓
- Cardiff ✓
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- Where did Britain encourage Indian people to migrate to from the 1860s to the early 1900s to address labour shortages?
- North Africa
- West Africa
- East Africa
- South Africa ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which word means relating to empire?
- 'imperial' ✓
- Which word describes the circulation of one-sided or misleading information usually to promote a political cause?
- 'propaganda' ✓
- Which of the following are examples of consumer products that were decorated with images glorifying the achievements of the Empire?
- commemorative plates showing victorious battles ✓
- speeches cultivating patriotic feelings
- tea sets featuring colonial landmarks ✓
- newspapers reporting on the EIC's stocks
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- Complete the sentence: Britain justified its expansion of the Empire through the ideology of a ‘______’.
- civilising quest
- civilising mission
- civilising assignment
- civilising expedition
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- Who offered readers back home in Britain a first-hand glimpse into the realities of imperial warfare?
- East India Company soldiers
- Queen Victoria
- journalists ✓
- war correspondents ✓
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- Which of the following were colonial interventions that the British justified using the 'civilising' ideology?
- promoting Islam
- imposing British law ✓
- promoting Christianity ✓
- reforming education ✓
- imposing British food
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Key learning points
- The expansion of the British Empire created huge financial benefits for Britain.
- Britain believed it had a duty to 'civilise' people within the Empire, which is known as a civilising mission.
- The British government used propaganda to increase support for empire so they could continue expanding.
- Many products were covered in images of the Empire and in 1887 a range of empire souvenirs were produced.
- Books and newspapers gave positive accounts of overseas wars in the Empire.
Common misconception
The British public uniformly supported imperial expansion and wars.
British public opinion was not monolithic; there were varied reactions to imperial policies and military actions, including support, indifference and opposition.
Keywords
Imperial - relating to empire
Civilising - the view that colonisation is justifiable because it involves bringing cultural, political and scientific advancement to colonies
Propaganda - the circulation of one-sided or misleading information usually to promote a political cause
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